The Hindu Business Line : Friday, January 03, 2003

Economy on track
THE INDIAN ECONOMY would, prima facie, appear to be on course for 5-5.5 per cent growth rate in 2002-03 that official estimates place it at, if the data for the first two quarters are anything to go by. The Central Statistical Organisation ... More

ECONOMY

Will Jaswant deliver on his promises?
The Finance Minister, Mr Jaswant Singh's first Budget will be keenly awaited for reviving the economy. Though he has set before himself multiple objectives which could be conflicting, it is likely that he would attempt to make the Budget truly gro wth-oriented, which is pro-poor, promotes savings and stimulates investment and generates a new climate of confidence and stability, says S. Sethuraman More

POLITICS

Celebrity cards: The new money-spinners
Naturally, neither you nor I would want to open the mail and find ourselves staring at one of our bete noir. I prefer Christmas cards with Santa Claus on them or New Year cards with the year on them. But our politicians have millions of cha mchas who will rush out and buy these cards. More

Pandering to VIP vanity
TWO news items appearing in The Hindu of the same date (December 2) could not have been mutually more antithetical. One talks of stranded candidates, police insensitivity and a rude jolt to Chennai's reputation. The rigours of security ... More

GENDER

Whose honour is it anyway?
IN A recent report, the Istanbul-based Women for Women's Human Rights (WWHR) said that every year at least 100 women are murdered in Turkey under the pretext of the notorious "honour killings". Its co-founder, Ms Pinar Ilkkaracan, said the ... More

SMALL SAVINGS

Small savings — New instruments needed
THE Centre needs to create new savings instruments for the fixed income groups. The manner in which this segment's savings has moved in the first nine months of the current fiscal indicates an urgent need for structuring new instruments that will ... More

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